Democrats Want GOP to Go Conservative Lite

Bill Smith, ARRA Editor: In the below William Warren cartoon, we see illustrated the desires of the Democrat donkey being played out by a large number of conservatives. The big lie being bantered about by various conservative groups is "we can win all by ourselves." While each group in the GOP conservative triad (i.e., social, economic and national defense) could run their own candidate, we have already learned that this does not work. Some limited government / economic conservatives would prefer to abandon the social conservatives and to avoid being too hawkish with the national defense conservative. Social conservative have a track record of advocating that if you don't run their candidate, then they won't show up at the polls. Finally, while the national defense conservative have a very important issue, the average voter doesn't wish to be continually reminded that there are enemies who want to destroy America.

If any of the triad members are absent, we wind up with a "GOP Lite" party. At the same time, we are seeing conservatives sapped off by third parties. There are libertarian conservatives supporting hard core Libertarian (i.e., we should be able to do anything we want party) candidates who lose. Then there is the well founded "'I love the Constitution" conservative who are mixing it up with the radical "do it our way or we are going to take our State and leave the Union" and supporting losing Constitution Party candidates. And now there is the potential of numerous frustrated conservatives and independents being caught up in new mini-parties promoted by leaders with the "Ross Perot" complex.

In the military, each military member must lay down their political positions and their individual rights for the good of the Country and its citizens. They submit themselves to the greater calling of duty, honor, country. It is disconcerting to observe conservatives being fragmented into groups and not committing together in a greater calling to stop the expansion of socialism. It's time to wake up -- the 2010 elections are is right around the corner. If the conservative movement is divided, the winner will be the donkey riding on every ones back. The GOP needs to be a Big Tent; one large enough for a conservative coalition where members of the coalition have both a "will to win" and are accepting of other conservatives with different concerns and priorities.

by William Warren:

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